Adding Test Equipment

The Add Test Equipment component enables you to enter information about a new piece of test equipment.

To access the component, click the Test Equipment link in the Reference Data component, and then select Add from the Actions menu on the Test Equipment Overview component header.

The Add Test Equipment component opens on the General tab. To save a new test equipment record, you must enter a value in the Description field. Enter information in these fields as needed:

• Serial Number

• Lab Unit

• Manufacturer Name

• Geographic Area

• Lab Unit

• Source

• Facility

• Current Assignment

• Document Reference

• Remarks

• Model Number

• Effective Date

• Expiration Date

• Status

• Active

Click in a field and enter information as needed.

• Note: You can create more than one record with the same manufacturer and serial number as long as the effective and expiration dates for each record are unique.

You can add any number of remarks in the Remarks box. To record a remark, you must first select the type of remark from the Type field. Enter explanatory text in the Remark text box.

When you are finished entering information for the new test equipment, click the Save button. The system displays a message to confirm that your changes were saved in the database.

To add additional information for the test equipment, click the following tab:

Qualifications

Click this tab to enter qualifications for the test equipment (see Maintaining Test Equipment Qualifications).

Related topics:

Maintaining Test Equipment

Maintaining Test Equipment Qualifications

Maintaining Test Equipment Information